IPA Playoffs (2022-2023) Match 2 Recap

Overview

The IPA 2022-2023 tournament resumes with the second IPA Playoff match on April 15th.

USC, Pomona, Georgia Tech, and Columba Law continue to lead their respective groups. The margins between Pomona and Carnegie Mellon and Georgia Tech and Harvard close in. Carnegie Mellon and Harvard both sweep four of their five tables. Pomona still remains the only leading seed team to maintain the top placement.

Group A continues to lead with 9-seed USC. 1-seed Vanderbilt trails with 10 points behind. Indiana trails USC by 25 points. Emory trails by 31 points. USC sits with a healthy lead over the rest of the pack. Vanderbilt will need a strong finish in the final playoff match to secure a seat in the IPA Finals.

Average: 17.25 points, Standard deviation: 5.18 points, Penalties: 0 points.

Group B continues to lead with 2-seed Pomona. 7-seed Carnegie Mellon sits right behind and trails by a single point. Carnegie Mellon dominates their tables by winning four of the five games. Yale trails by 15 points and Harvey Mudd trails by 16 points. Pomona and Carnegie Mellon are neck-and-neck for a seat in the IPA Finals. Expect to see more conservative poker play in the final playoff match.

Average: 17.5 points, Standard deviation: 8.06 points, Penalties: 0 points.

Group C continues to lead with 6-seed Georgia Tech. The team puts up another strong performance. Harvard dominates their tables by winning four of the five games. Harvard follows with 5 points behind. Manchester and Chicago Booth are 33 and 48 points behind, respectively.

Average: 16.75 points, Standard deviation: 13.18 points, Penalties: 3 points.

Group D continues to lead with Columbia Law. Waterloo follows and trails by 7 points. Tufts trails by 13 and Oxford by 21 points. Waterloo puts up a strong performance and moves up by two placements. Oxford falls two places.

Average: 17.5 points, Standard deviation: 7.85 points, Penalties: 0 points.

Notable Hands

Group A, Table 2, Hand 160 (15/75/150)

Nicholas Jager (Indiana) Noah Lian (Emory)

Jager (7437 | SB) Lian (563 | BB)

All players posts an ante of 15

Jager posts a small blind of 75

Lian posts a big blind of 150

Jager raises to 548

Lian calls and goes all in

Jager (10♥ 10♣) Lian (9♠ 5♠)

Flop: K♦ A♣ K♥

Turn: K♦ A♣ K♥ [5♦]

River: K♦ A♣ K♥ 5♦ [5♥]

Lian wins the pot of 1,126 chips

Group A, Table 4, Hand 3 (2/10/20)

Erik Tkachenko (Emory) Quincy Karns (USC) Thomas Dean (Vanderbilt)

Tkachenko (SB | 2098) Karns (BB | 1986) Dean (BU | 1916)

All players posts an ante of 2

Tkachenko posts a small blind of 10

Karns posts a big blind of 20

Dean raises to 50

Tkachenko folds

Karns calls

Flop:

Karns checks

Dean raises to 50

Karns raies to 160

Dean raises to 400

Karns raises to 1864

Dean calls and goes all in

Karns (8♣ 10♣) Dean (9♠ 6♠)

Turn: 9♦ 5♣ 6♣ [Q♣]

River: 9♦ 5♣ 6♣ Q♣ [K♠]

Karns wins the pot of 3,844 chips

Group C, Table 5, Hand 29 (5/25/50)

Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech) Ankit Pahwa (Chicago Booth) Ross Hopkins (Manchester) James Devaney (Harvard)

Seng (SB | 2537) Pahwa (BB | 2537) Hopkins (UTG | 2083) Devaney (BU | 2450)

All players posts an ante of 5

Seng posts a small blind of 25

Pahwa posts a big blind of 50

Hopkins folds

Devaney raises to 110

Seng calls

Pahwa folds

Flop: A♦ A♥ J♦

Seng checks

Devaney bets 102

Seng calls

Turn: A♦ A♥ J♦ [5♣]

Seng checks

Devaney bets 370

Seng calls

River: A♦ A♥ J♦ 5♣ [8♥]

Seng checks

Devaney checks

Seng shows (9♦ 10♦) and wins the pot of 1,234 chips

Playoff Match 2 Table Leaders

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Updates

The IPA tournament will resume with Playoff Match 3 on April 16th.